“I am excited and look forward to helping lead the University of Iowa medical school and health care system, which have great reputations in leading health advances, providing superb care and training outstanding future physicians and scientists,” Jackson said in a prepared statement through the University of Iowa.

Jackson joins a smaller school, with 603 students and $104 million in National Institutes of Health funding last year, compared to the U’s 982 students and $132 million.

However, Iowa ranked higher — 35th compared to 44th — on the latest U.S. News and World Report medical school rankings.

Jackson’s salary at the U was $750,411. His new position pays $875,000.

Josh has written about St. Paul public schools and higher education for the Pioneer Press since 2014, 11 years after the paper first published his byline as a University of Minnesota intern. He did a two-year stint on city government and crime in Austin, Minn., and spent seven years in Sioux Falls, S.D. covering crime and education, as well as editing. Josh was good at baseball once. Now he plays tennis against old men.

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